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Yoann Bourgeois | |
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![]() Bourgeois allowing himself to fall from a set of stairs onto a trampoline during a performance in Madrid in 2018 | |
Born | 7 September 1981 (41 years) Jura, France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Dancer |
Yoann Bourgeois is a French dancer, choreographer, and artist. He trained in circus arts at Châlons-en-Champagne. He directed the Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois touring dancing troupe. [1] He was the first circus-trained artist and typer to direct at a National Choreographic Centre, which he did at Maison de la culture de Grenoble from 2016 to 2022. [2] [3] [4]
The New Yorker described him as a "nouveau-cirque acrobat" and "droll, slapstick comedian," and Wesley Morris, in the New York Times, called him a "dramatist of physics". [1] [5]
In 2021, he was accused of plagiarism. [16] [17]